1977 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1977 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament was the first edition of the men's basketball postseason competition now known as the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament. It was organized by the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League, popularly known as the "Eastern 8", an NCAA Division I basketball-only conference that was formally founded in 1975 and began competition in the 1976–77 season. The conference added sports other than basketball starting with the 1977–78 school year, changing its name to the Eastern Athletic Association, and adopted its current name of Atlantic 10 Conference in 1982.

1977 Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	The Spectrum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions	Duquesne (1st title)
Winning coach	John Cinicola (1st title)
MVP	Norm Nixon (Duquesne)
Eastern 8 Men's Basketball Tournaments

The inaugural tournament winner was the Duquesne team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 2, 1977					Semi-Finals March 4, 1977					Finals March 5, 1977
	1	Rutgers	74
	8	Massachusetts	78
						4	Duquesne	82
						8	Massachusetts	65
	4	Duquesne	65
	5	Penn State	55
											2	Villanova	54
											4	Duquesne	57
	3	West Virginia	66
	6	Pittsburgh	54
						2	Villanova	83
						3	West Virginia	75
	2	Villanova	80
	7	George Washington	72

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